| Postcode | PR5 7RB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Preston | 
| Nearest station | Croston (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Station Road (S) Croston Park (E) Croston Park (W) Station Road (N) Bishop Rawsthorne Turning Circle (E) Railway Station (N) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.660978 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.774812 | |
| Easting | 348896 | |
| Northing | 418556 | |
| Grid reference | SD488185 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 514880 5945826 | |
| what3words | wimp.nosedive.dwarf | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lushness spotty take | |
| Plus code | 9C5VM66G+93 | |
| Altitude | 8 metres (26 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:09 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 12.7 KMs (7.9 miles) | 
| Parish | Croston | E04005148 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South | E05013075 | 
| Local Authority District | Chorley | E07000118 | 
| County Electoral Division | Chorley Rural West | E58000764 | 
| Local Authority | Lancashire | E10000017 | 
| County | Lancashire | E10000017 | 
| Constituency (2024) | South Ribble | E14001491 | 
| MP | Paul Foster | Labour | 
| Police force | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Chorley and West Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | January 2001 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Croston | E63008098 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00126761 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Chorley 007D | E01024976 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Chorley 007D | E01024976 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Croston & Mawdesley | E02005195 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Croston & Mawdesley | E02005195 | 
| Travel to work area | Preston | E30000255 | 
| Average property price in Preston | £215,089 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.5% |